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OH tried to pay by cheque today
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 3 Jun 2014 00:17 |
Depends on the mood Jax - remember the saying 'if you don't use it , you will lose it'. |
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Florence61 | Report | 2 Jun 2014 23:42 |
Sorry errol, you may be correct but the bank i worked for up until 1993 had only £50 on them. However there may have been "other" banks who had cards with higher limits. As a member of staff we certainly didnt have one with £100 or £250. |
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jax | Report | 2 Jun 2014 23:41 |
Why do you need to use a cheque when you have (or your OH has) a debit card? as long as the money is in the account you just need to put in the pin number |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 2 Jun 2014 23:24 |
Phyll - OH always renews his Car Tax at Post Office with a cheque and no problem. |
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jax | Report | 2 Jun 2014 22:21 |
Had to dig out my cheque book as I want to order my grandfathers army records which I have only recently found his details on FMP. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 2 Jun 2014 21:18 |
I pay many bills, milkman,gas, electric, water,club fees, competition entries....... purchases of a volatile nature, (council tax is Direct debit) |
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Phyll | Report | 2 Jun 2014 20:36 |
Amokavid |
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Wend | Report | 2 Jun 2014 20:25 |
I received quite a few cheques from kind-hearted folks on GR who contributed to Sharron's 'Fred Thread'. I paid them into my bank last week and, so far, none has been returned :-D |
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Berniethatwas | Report | 2 Jun 2014 20:17 |
We still use cheques at times although herself cannot get her head around internet banking. Here the chimney-sweep doesn't carry a wireless card-reader with him. Well, I've never asked!. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 2 Jun 2014 20:05 |
I pay my chiropodist by cheque (no card facilities) and the plumber, builder, and other small traders |
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SueCar | Report | 2 Jun 2014 19:53 |
My bank don't send them out automatically now, you have to order them; as I found out when I needed the last three cheques (randomly) in one week after ages without writing any. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 2 Jun 2014 19:28 |
I still use cheques for some postal transactions, and used to have a card with a £100 guarantee on it, issued by Halifax B.S. in England, and was I think within the last ten years. Never really noticed when it was no longer on cards. |
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Phyll | Report | 2 Jun 2014 19:26 |
My Husband went to renew his driving licence at the Post Office this morning. Needed a new photograph. Had written cheque out prior to event but was told they |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 2 Jun 2014 19:26 |
Sorry, but from 1989 cheque guarantee cards were issued for up to £250. |
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Florence61 | Report | 2 Jun 2014 19:12 |
No Errol, the £50 was on the back of the card and would guarantee any one cheque in any one transaction up to a maximum value of £50.00. You could however withdraw by using the cash machine up to £250 perday. This limit varied among customers depending on their own financial circumstances.* |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 2 Jun 2014 18:59 |
Bankers drafts do cost £15.00. |
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Florence61 | Report | 2 Jun 2014 18:53 |
Chris, does your OH not have a debit card ie switch? failing that, you could get a bankers draft made out to them from your bank, which is a guaranteed payment to them, but there would be a charge of about £15.00 probably. Long time since i worked in the bank so not up to date with those sort of chgs. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 2 Jun 2014 18:49 |
There is no such thing as "cheque guarantee" any more - when it existed the maximum that could be guaranteed was only £250 anyway. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 2 Jun 2014 18:15 |
lots of places now wont accept cheques .the handling charge to them is quite big and theres always the problem of bouncing ones ! |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 2 Jun 2014 18:12 |
and was refused. He was told they had stopped handling cheques some four years ago - they only wanted debit card or credit card (which charges at least 2%). I suppose they would take cash but he did not have a large three figure sum in his wallet. |